October Goals- Get it DONE Link-up

September 2013 GOALS:

1- Parcheezi- to flimsy (Trimmed and ready to sew together)

2- 3 more Midnight Flight Blocks, sew to Flimsy (Parts are almost all made)

3- Somewhere in Time (blue)- Borders DONE - Ready for Quilting someday...

4- Star & Crown- Binding  DONE- Label attached and Revealed at the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival.

Well. half done is better than None Done...

October is BUSY with lots of things.
Here are my October 2013 Goals

1- Parcheezi- to flimsy- [almost there] Trimmed and ready to sew to flimsy

2- Midnight Flight Blocks, sew 3 more blocks- Flimsy 

3- Nabby's Dowry - Flimsy

4- Sept NewFO- ALOHA LUS - need to sew 10 more blocks Flimsy

5- SBS Star Swap - Need's final border-Flimsy (I can take this one to my visit with Jennifer too.)

6- Thank Your Lucky Stars- Flimsy

Guess I'll continue adding to the TOPS/TBQ Collection.  

Linked to Getting It Done  HERE

Friday- Quilt Festival has Begun!!!!

I decide not to wait until Monday's DWM post to show the quilts that are hanging at the Quilt Show. 

 I spent all day Thursday helping to get them all hung so I got a few pics with my phone.

The Challenge quilt and Block will still be on the DWM post.
Lots of Link to the Designers.  (Just click on the Highlighted name)

 "Star & Crown"
Pattern by Pat Speth (I added an outer row to complete the stars)
Pieced by Mary Crowther (UFO from 2009)
Heirloom Quilted by Natalia Bonner -Piece N Quilt
She used a Bamboo batting.  I've not used any Bamboo before.
I love this quilt and all the feathers!!

[Natalia blogged about it HERE]

"Easy, Busy Street"

Pattern by Bonnie Hunter (Mystery 2012- in her next book coming in 2014)

Pieced by Mary Crowther -Dec 2012- March 2013

Quilted by Lynn Wilson -Thread and Bolts

Sweetheart 2 Panto - Donna Kleinke (Digi-tech)

[Bonnie Blogged mine HERE, more info on this Blog HERE ]

"Friendship Chain"

Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Vol 6 #563 (Laura Blanchard's "Split Decision")

Alternate Block from 1938 Kansas City Star- "Friendship Quilt"

Designed and Pieced by Mary Crowther

Quilted by Lynn Wilson - Thread and Bolts

Quilting pattern- "Swirling B2B"- Anne Bright

[more info on this quilt HERE &  HERE]

These 3 Quilts are the only ones that I haven't shown at this Quilt show.  

It was an easy choice to put them in this year.

The show goes Friday 10am-5pm through Sunday 10am-4pm

Maggie Ball is the Featured National Quilter

Becci Lund is our Local Featured Quilter

Come on by and see the pretty quilts, if you are in the area.  $5 gets you in all three days.

Road Trip with Army SON

I arrived Home from an unexpected Vacation Wednesday evening. I'm catching up on my Blogging and Blog Hopping.  Did you Miss me???

Last Saturday Jeff and I left to go to the Blessing of Rebekah in Alpine, Wyoming.  He had to get his U-Haul in Tri- Cities so it was a late start.  With a few stops we got there just before midnight.  I had trouble sewing the snaps on the back of her Blessing dress so there was an extra stop to buy new needles.

 Here she is... Her Highness, Princess, Ballerina Rebekah Jean Crowther  as her brothers call her.  Grandma Teresa bought her the tiara and wand.

 Grandma Teresa and Grandpa Doug Bosen

 4 Generation Picture

 Uncle Jeff

Tina, Grandma Mary and Rebekah

 Brant Crowther Family

 

3 Generations

3 Brothers, 1 Sister!           #18 Granchild onesie returned on the due .date

 Before we left Brant's I had to stitch the label on her quilt. We drove to Clinton and spent the night at Ellen's. The Truck had some LIGHTS flashing coming into Utah so Jeff had to get it all checked out at AAMCO. Thankfully it wasn't an expensive FIX-- 2 Zipties and he was ok to continue his drive back to Missouri.   I enjoyed going out to dinner with her Mom, sister and Aunt Jane.  We went to a couple quilt shops and I didn't even buy a thing! I took this picture in the SE & Stitch. It's the Saturday Block of the Month that is coming up there.

 I forgot to take a picture of her and I while there, but I took a picture of her RED EYE! It was fun to show her how to get a New Belt and Bobbins and find out that it is a Model 66 from 1920's.  I was glad to see that she has this treasure from Scott's Grandmother.

 Tuesday Morning it was on to my cousins in Riverton.  This is where we parted ways.  I stayed with my cousin and Jeff drove on to visit his baby sister in Colorado.  Bye, Bye for a while!

My 30's "Star and Crown" Quilt is on the way home, YEA!  I had to send it to be quilted by Natalia Bonner in Utah.  While in Utah she posted pictures of the quilting on her Blog HERE.  I was so excited to see it quilted. I have a quilt to enter in the Walla Walla Valley September Quilt show now. I finished putting the rest of the quilt together way back in 2011. Those posts are HERE and  HERE where  it was first shown on the Blog.  2009 -2103  is way too long to wait for the finishing. Pat Speth is the Pattern designer.   Her version is shown on her website HERE.  Her method of making Nickel quilts with 5" charm squares are FUN.  Check them out. "5 Inch is a Cinch"
I'll post more about my visit when I get a copy of the picture with my cousin.

UFO #1 progress

My UFO #1 the Star and Crown quilt made with 30's fabrics isn't done completely. I did get it ready to be quilted however this month. The Backing is cut and prepped too. It is made using Pat Speth's Nickel Quilts method using 5" squares. Lynn and I worked on these together and added the outside row to complete the star and crown blockssecondary pattern. I LOVE 30's Fabrics!!! My 1-A quilt didn't even get out of the tote.

My UFO Challenge posts for this quilt are HERE and HERE.

What Number will Judy L pull for April's UFO Challenge??? Check her Blog HERE to find out.